Cold Fusion

Big Finish - Special Release

I’ll admit, I have
no idea what this title means. Maybe it’s clearer in the original book but I
haven’t a clue with this one. And though the interviews have Patience being the
Doctor’s wife, I don’t buy it. She lived quite a long time before the Doctor
was around, from what they’ve said in the story, and he keeps saying that she
has 13 kids but doesn’t really say himself. Maybe it is him? I really just didn’t
get that impression. Plus he doesn’t really get all that broken up about her
death. If she is, indeed, dead. That’s never clarified.

Anyway, I did enjoy
this story a lot, having no idea how it would go. There are a lot of characters
but it’s pretty easy to distinguish them as there are the two Doctor teams, the
military folks, and the scientific peeps. And they all have different
motivations and different ways of dealing with the chaos. There are a lot of
locations, a few disasters along the way, but it all comes down to some fusion
bombs (title in there?) and an ancient TARDIS.

The best part of
this story is Chris Cwej trying all of the “subtle” seduction tricks on Nyssa
and she’s just like whatever, I’ll try some oysters. Rubs his feet, drinks
champagne with him, but it just never turns out like he expects and he gets
embarrassed, ultimately. Quite the change from the standard Chris seductions,
from what I’ve heard. And Tegan takes him to task for his fake Australian
accent and story, though I’m not sure how he came up with Bruce Jovanka as the
best name to use. 7th Doctor’s suggestion perhaps? And the scenes
with the Doctors together are quite fun as well, with the 5th Doctor
sniping at the 7th one and the finale! LOL.

The aliens from an
alternate reality are a bit dim, I think, which is a bit disappointing. And
though I like how everyone’s paired off, it gets a bit tiring with the story
jumping between 3 or 4 different locations and groups at times. But it’s a fun
romp, for the most part.